Northwest History. State History. Box 37. National Topics.

HE BEFRIENDED FRIENDS OF MANKIND
FRIDAY is the 150th birthday anniversary of a man who
failed in business.
His birthday is not marked directly because of that; but It
was after failure as a man of the financial world that John
James Audubon became a famous naturalist. He was so deeply
interested in birds that he gave his time to-that hobby instead of
spending, it on his business. The world profited by his whim.
Audubon's father was a sea captain and had been a- fighting
man all his life. He hoped his boy would "settle down." The
boy did, and the paintings with which he interested a civilized
world in birds and the knowledge which he gave to the .world
about birds have had greater influence for good than any of the!
campaigns his father fought.

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HE BEFRIENDED FRIENDS OF MANKIND
FRIDAY is the 150th birthday anniversary of a man who
failed in business.
His birthday is not marked directly because of that; but It
was after failure as a man of the financial world that John
James Audubon became a famous naturalist. He was so deeply
interested in birds that he gave his time to-that hobby instead of
spending, it on his business. The world profited by his whim.
Audubon's father was a sea captain and had been a- fighting
man all his life. He hoped his boy would "settle down." The
boy did, and the paintings with which he interested a civilized
world in birds and the knowledge which he gave to the .world
about birds have had greater influence for good than any of the!
campaigns his father fought.